Raising Robins

positive.

"Positive." Bruce read.

"Dad, isn't that a little invasive?" Dick asked, in defense of his younger brother.

"I mean, I didn't steal his urine, Richard. I gave him a cup, he gave me the donation."

"Please don't call my piss a 'donation'." Jason groaned, across the counter.

Tim walked into the kitchen to get a glass of juice. He never looked up from the screen of his tablet and methodically poured a glass of sweet apple juice.

"Don't, Damian." Dick warned in a low voice, steering his brother away from Tim.

"Hey! What?!" Damian asked in retribution to being pulled by the back of his hood.

"You were going to switch the piss cup and apple juice. I swear to God, Damian you-"

"Was not!" Damian objected. "I was going to stab him." He said, as though that was far more reasonable.

"What?!" Tim asked, face snapping up from the tablet's glowing appeal.

"It's a plastic knife." Damian humphed.

"Yeah, MUCH more reasonable." Tim said, still appalled.

Bruce's face dropped to a stern glare. "Damian. Go to your room." He looked back at Jason. Tim took a seat now, as he was interested in what was coming and why group chat when you could get the information yourself?

"Jason Todd Wayne." Bruce began. "Would you like to explain yourself?"

Jason leaned back. "Nope."

"Spanking or grounding?"

Jason sighed. "What's the patrol schedule?"

"Drug bust in in Kane County. All hands on deck. Save for Damian."

"Too much of a nutcase?" Tim laughed.

"No, he's grounded." Bruce explained.

"Then why do I get a choice between an ass whoopin' and a grounding?"

In truth, it was because Damian would do ANYTHING to go out on patrol. Spanking to him meant nothing. If Bruce wanted the point driven home, he had to ground Damian. Jason got the message either way.

"Jay- just choose!" Tim harshly whispered.

"Fine. I want in. I'll wait on my bed."

Bruce sighed. "Tim, Dick, while I've got the paddle, any confessions?"

"Nope." DIck shrugged.

Tim shrugged, too. "Um, I hate my little brother. Is that a confession? Oh no- that's common knowledge."

"Don't make me ground you for attitude. I'm NOT dealing with the two of you together ALONE without Alfred."

Tim saluted as he got up. "Yes, Batman, sir."

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Upstairs, Jason decided to make things either better or worse by collecting up the drugs and putting them in a hollowed out book. He figured his father would ask for it and so he prepared to fork it over. Rose had the good shit, anyways. OH GOD NO. ROSE.

What in the hell would she say if she found out he still got spanked?! Oh, well. At least he wasn't grounded. That would be at LEAST a week or two. Yes, this was the better bet.

Two minutes later, Jason disagreed with his idea. Bruce had the paddle and set it on the top of Jason's desk. Wordlessly, Jason handed over the very light book, which Bruce flipped open. He accounted for what there was and set it on the desk to take away later.

"Undress." He ordered.

Jason stripped off his boxers and grabbed the edge of his bed.

"How old are you, Jason."

"Seventeen." He admitted, as August 16th had passed. He knew what they were both thinking.

turn it around or it's gonna REALLY hurt in a year.

"Twenty seven." Bruce decaled. Drug use was a solid ten.

Jason whipped around. "Dad, come ON! That's a LOT."

"Do you want to break it over two days?"

Jason thought. "No, sir." He resigned to be back over the bed.

Bruce tapped his son's pale bottom once before giving it some color.

"Dad I- Gaaahhhh!" Jason jumped up around swat five and rubbed his bottom. Before his father could say anything, he bent back over. "Yeah, I know that doesn't count."

"I'll let it slide." Bruce said.

He popped Jason a few more times before the cursing spree started. Once he was done, Jason did what every other boy did: the Ow-I-Just-Got-Spanked-Hop-And-Rub before being sent to the corner for no time allowed to rub his sore backside.

"Patrol is at 8. Don't let me find you out of your corner until it's been 17 minutes. Can I trust you?"

"Yeah?"

"Really."

Jason felt the air across his bottom. "Yeah, dad. Positive."